GRIT & GF

Prospect board, #717 overall

Devin Kaplan

Forward, 22.7 years old, Coachella Valley Firebirds (AHL), 6′3″ 200 lb, shoots right

Odds he's an NHL regular

17%

AHLer

Scouting report

Devin Kaplan is a 22-year-old forward with Coachella Valley Firebirds in the AHL. He has 0 goals and 0 assists in 2 games, 0.00 a game, which works out to about 0 NHL points over 82 at his league's exchange rate. His team scores 3.7 a game, one of the better offences around. And the five best scorers around him average 1.26 points a game, well above the norm. Some of those points come from the company he keeps, and the model discounts them. Listed at 6-foot-3 and 200 pounds.

The model's median outcome for him is an AHLer, with a fair sample behind it. Players drafted from 2010 to 2017 with numbers like his give him a 17% chance of becoming an NHL regular. A big step next season would change these odds more than anything else.

Written by the model from his numbers, on a fair sample. prospects-0.3.

His odds

His chance of reaching at least each tier, from 2010 to 2017 draft picks with a line, age like his. The highest tier where he's at even odds or better is his likeliest outcome.

  1. Elite<1%
  2. First-liner<1%
  3. Middle-sixer2%
  4. Fourth-liner17%
  5. Tweener22%
  6. AHLer (most likely)81%

How he got there

  1. 1His line

    0.00 P/GP

    0 G, 0 A in 2 games, AHL

  2. 2League exchange rate

    0 pts

    NHL-equivalent points over 82

  3. 3Team around him

    −19%

    Discount for a strong offence or stacked roster

  4. 4Age

    22.7

    On 15 September. The same line is worth more at 17 than at 20

  5. 5Draft slot

    None

    Passed over, read as a pick after the last one

  6. 6If he makes it

    27 pts

    Peak points per 82 for players like him who became regulars

Season lines

SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPP/GP
This seasonCoachella Valley FirebirdsAHL20000.00
Last seasonLehigh Valley PhantomsAHL4958130.27